Indigo Girls
– Hammer & A Nail tab

#HAMMER AND A NAIL (Emily Saliers)---------------------------------[Actually in B; capo 4.][Each chord is about half a measure, except in the instrumental parts. "Ds" is really Dsus4; "Cs9" is Csus9.][See the tablature at the end of the file for chord fingerings in the verse.]G Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 | G Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 |[intro; see tab at bottom]G Dsus Em7 C(9) G Dsus Em7 C(9) Clearing webs from a hovel a blistered hand on the handle of a shovelG Dsus Em7 Em7 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 I've been digging too deep, I always doG Dsus Em7 C(9) G Dsus Em7 C(9) I see my face on the surface; I look a lot like NarcissusG Dsus Em7 Em7 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 A dark abyss of an emptiness standing on the edge of a drowning blueEm9 Em9 C(9) C(9) Em9 Em9 C(9) C(9)/B I look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells cleanAm Am/B C A D D(9)/C G/B G/D Glare off the white hurts my eyes Gotta get out of G D C(9) D G D C(9) D bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands; Not just my G D C(9) C(9) Am Am Em7 Em7head, I'll think myself into jail; Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin C C A A C(9) C(9) C(9) C(9) in a hand in a thoughtful pose; Gotta tend the earth if you want a roseG Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 |[instrumental, same as intro]I had a lot of good intentions; sit around for fifty years and then collect a pensionStarted seeing the road to hell and just where it startsBut my life is more than a vision; the sweetest part is acting after making a decisionI started seeing the whole as a sum of its partsI look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells cleanGlare off the white hurts my eyesGotta get out of bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my handsNot just my head, I'll think myself into jail; now I know a refuge never growsFrom a chin in a hand in a thoughtful poseGotta tend the earth if you want a roseMy life is part of the global life; I'd found myself becoming more immobileWhen I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anythingA distant nation my community, a street person my responsibilityIf I have a care in the world I have a gift to bringI look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells cleanGlare off the white hurts my eyesGotta get out of bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my handsNot just my head, I'll think myself into jail; now I know a refuge never growsFrom a chin in a hand in a thoughtful poseGotta tend the earth if you want a roseG G/F# | G/F | C | Cm | G | D | G C | G.[ending; see below]